Website & Illustration

Website & Illustration

SFU DNA

SFU DNA

Project Type

Freelance Project

Role

Web designer & Illustrator

Work

Brand Identity

Illustrations

Website

Project

Disability and Neurodivergent Alliance

Simon Fraser Student Society

2025

SFU's Disability and Neurodivergent Alliance (DNA) is a center and community for students who identify as disabled or neurodivergent. Started as a space to raise awareness, build connections, and localize resources for students.

SFU's Disability and Neurodivergent Alliance (DNA) is a center and community for students who identify as disabled or neurodivergent. Started as a space to raise awareness, build connections, and localize resources for students.

Challenge:

DNA's information and resources existed, but not anywhere students could easily find them. Events, services, and support were scattered, making the association harder to access than its mission intended. The site needed to prioritize easy navigation and clarity above all else and needed an identity flexible enough to grow with the club for years to come, not just serve a single semester.


Approach:

I extended DNA's existing logo and color palette into a custom illustration system, rather than introducing a new visual language the community would have to relearn. The goal was an identity that felt more inviting and inclusive without losing what already represented the club. Accessibility guided every decision from there, structuring the site's information architecture around how students actually look for support, not how the association is organized internally.


Solution:

The result is a site built to aggregate DNA's full range of services and events in one accessible, easy-to-navigate space. The site was audited and passed for blind accessibility standards, giving the accessibility-first approach a concrete benchmark . The illustration system doubled as a reusable asset library, extending consistently across the site and DNA's social media so the brand stays cohesive everywhere students encounter it.

The disability and neurodivergent association is Simon Fraser University’s center and community for folks who identify under disability or neurodivergence. The community aims to bring awareness, build connections and localize resources for all students, free of charge.

The goal of the project was to develop a website to aggregate all of the DNA existing services and events for easy accesss and better reach. I developed out an illustration identity to carry the brand further and created a website that hosts all of the clubs information to be used for years to come as the asssosiation grows. I emphasized creating an identity and experience that centered on accesiblity.